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THE PROPHET

By Kahlil Gibran

New York: Alfred A. Knopf

1923

The Twelve Illustrations In This Volume Are Reproduced From Original Drawings By The Author

“His power came from some great reservoir of spiritual life else it could not have been so universal and so potent, but the majesty and beauty of the language with which he clothed it were all his own?”

—Claude Bragdon

THE BOOKS OF KAHLIL GIBRAN

The Madman. 1918 Twenty Drawings. 1919 The Forerunner. 1920 The Prophet. 1923 Sand and Foam. 1926 Jesus the Son of Man. 1928 The Forth Gods. 1931 The Wanderer. 1932 The Garden of the Prophet 1933 Prose Poems. 1934 Nymphs of the Valley. 1948

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CONTENTS

The Coming of the Ship	7
On Love	15
On Marriage	19
On Children	21
On Giving	23
On Eating and Drinking	27
On Work	30
On Joy and Sorrow	35
On Houses	37
On Clothes	41
On Buying and Selling	43
On Crime and Punishment	45
On Laws	51
On Freedom	54
On Reason and Passion	57
On Pain	60
On Self-Knowledge	62
On Teaching	64
On Friendship	66
On Talking	68
On Time	70
On Good and Evil	72
On Prayer	76
On Pleasure	79
On Beauty	83
On Religion	87
On Death	90
The Farewell	92